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I feel like we’ve been discussing HR “not getting a seat at the table” and/or flaws with recruiting for literal years. For example, consider this. It’s from an article that… Read more

This article was co-written with Ben Dattner, an executive coach and organizational development consultant, and the founder of New York City–based Dattner Consulting, LLC. (You can follow him on Twitter… Read more

Surprising to an extent, right? This wasn’t necessarily the best year for Facebook overall? Here’s the top 10: You can find a full post from Indeed here, wherein they even… Read more

I’ve had a bunch of different jobs, and at every single one, someone in a middle management role or higher has constantly referred to how understaffed their department (or organization)… Read more

Personal Hospitality in Recruiting Hospitality is a major component of recruiting—just like it is at a restaurant or hotel. You help candidates with wayfinding while navigating the process; you support… Read more

I realize that job role is often unclear at most companies, and the hiring process is usually fairly broken, but I think it would make sense if we were a… Read more

What happens to decades of knowledge when employees retire? As Baby Boomers move into retirement, field service organizations scramble to transfer knowledge from seasoned pros to the next generation of… Read more

Has some of the below info/research about polarization seeped into your recruiting, hiring, or sourcing funnels? I’ll say this: some have recently called us “The United States of Nervous Wrecks,” and… Read more

So you’ve put your best efforts into finding the perfect hires, after the endless screening, endless interview processes, reference checks and finally decisions are made!  Managers are happy, new employees… Read more

If you read this headline and work as a recruiter/sourcer, probably the first thing you’re going to think is “They give unclear job descriptions and expect us to work magic!”… Read more

When I ask women about their experiences with the gender pay gap, most of the stories I hear usually go something like this: “I was working late at the office… Read more

  The ideal office culture is one where workers feel empowered to perform, driven to succeed, and supported in their endeavors. Find a way to evoke all these responses, and… Read more

When you think about “old-school elements of business that went away, subsequently scaring executives,” you’re really talking about platform thinking. Business used to be about resources you controlled and market power/position. That’s… Read more

Georgene Huang’s career in the media industry was flying high when — out of nowhere — her boss, the company’s CEO, was fired. And then….so was she. No one knew… Read more

Last month I stumbled across William Tincup’s article ‘With Workday, Where Am I Wrong?’ It was a brutal teardown of Workday and HR platform providers at large. Some highlights: “…if… Read more